African Foreign Policies in International Institutions (Contemporary African Political Economy)

This Book Is The First To Exclusively Consider The Foreign Policy Tendencies Of African States In International Institutions. As An Edited Volume Offering Empirically Based Perspectives From A Variety Of Scholars, This Project Disabuses The Notion That Africa Should Be Considered A 'niche' Interest In The Field Of Foreign Policy Analysis. It Asserts That The Actions Of The Continent's States Collectively Serve As An Important Heuristic By Which To Interrogate And Understand The Foreign Policies Of Other Global States, And Are Not Simply 'anomalously' Extant Entities Whose Actions Should Be Studied Only Insofar As They Deviate From Predictions Based On The Experiences Of Western Or Other Non-african States.-- Jason Warner, Timothy M. Shaw, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv Introduction (Jason Warner)....Pages 1-15 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 An Ambivalence to the Norm Cycle: The African Union’s “New” Approach to Continental Peace and Security (Jide Martyns Okeke)....Pages 19-32 The AU and Continental Foreign Economic Policymaking in Africa: Institutions and Dialectics on Integration in the Global Economy (Kwame Akonor)....Pages 33-47 The Troubled Socialising Agent: Democratic Governance and the African Union’s Quest to Become an Independent Foreign Policy Actor (Chris Landsberg)....Pages 49-61 Beyond the Collective: The Comparative Strategic Utility of the African Union and RECs in Individual National Security Pursuits (Jason Warner)....Pages 63-77 The Role of African Regional Organizations in Post-Election Governments of National Unity (Alexander Noyes)....Pages 79-93 Nationalism Underpinned by Pan-Regionalism: African Foreign Policies in ECOWAS in An Era of Anti-Globalization (Raheemat Momodu)....Pages 95-112 The Intergovernmental Authority on Development: Internal Culture of Foreign Policymaking and Sources of Weaknesses (Redie Bereketeab)....Pages 113-125 The Uses (and Abuses) of the Economic Community of Central African States: The Hidden Functions of Regional Economic Community Membership for African Regimes (Graham Palmateer, John F. Clark)....Pages 127-148 The Instrumentalisation of SADC to Achieve Foreign Policy Agendas (Tim Murithi)....Pages 149-162 Front Matter ....Pages 163-163 Partnering for Peace: United Nations and African Union Cooperation in Peace and Security (Colin Stewart, Line Holmung Andersen)....Pages 165-181 African Agency and the World Bank in the Twenty-First Century (Karelle Samuda)....Pages 183-198 South Africa’s Foreign Policy and the International Criminal Court: Of African Lessons, Security Council Reform, and Possibilities for an Improved ICC (Max Du Plessis, Christopher Gevers)....Pages 199-214 The International Labor Organization and African States: Internationalizing States and Dispersed Foreign Policy (Nick Bernards)....Pages 215-228 Global Humanitarian Organizations and African Goals: The Case of Médecins Sans Frontières in South Africa (Jessica L. Anderson)....Pages 229-244 Front Matter ....Pages 245-245 Consistency in Inconsistency: South Africa’s Foreign Policies in International Organizations (John Akokpari)....Pages 247-264 Leverage in a Tight Space: Zimbabwean Foreign Policy in International Organizations (Sarah J. Lockwood)....Pages 265-281 Angola’s Measured Distance from International Organizations (Assis Malaquias)....Pages 283-296 Decolonizing International Relations: Insights from the International Financial Institutions in the Congo During the Cold War (Carol Jean Gallo)....Pages 297-310 Nigeria’s Foreign Policy in Relation to the Economic Community of West African States (Cyril Obi)....Pages 311-325 Senegalese Foreign Policy: Leadership Through Soft Power from Senghor to Sall (Mamadou Bodian, Catherine Lena Kelly)....Pages 327-351 International Organizations as Shields in Cameroonian Foreign Policy (Ada Peter, Remi Mbida Mbida)....Pages 353-370 Regional Powers, Great Power Allies, and International Institutions: The Case of Ethiopia (Michael Woldemariam)....Pages 371-388 Djibouti’s Foreign Policy in International Institutions: The Big Diplomacy of a Small State (Sonia Le Gouriellec)....Pages 389-402 Conclusion (Timothy M. Shaw)....Pages 403-416 Back Matter ....Pages 417-430 "This book is the first to exclusively consider the foreign policy tendencies of African states in international institutions. As an edited volume offering empirically based perspectives from a variety of scholars, this project disabuses the notion that Africa should be considered a 'niche' interest in the field of foreign policy analysis. It asserts that the actions of the continent's states collectively serve as an important heuristic by which to interrogate and understand the foreign policies of other global states, and are not simply 'anomalously' extant entities whose actions should be studied only insofar as they deviate from predictions based on the experiences of Western or other non-African states."-- Provided by publisher